Cabinet



M. A. NAIRN July 7, 1964 CABINET Filed Dec. 21, 1961 1 1 u l 1 l 1 l l Ix| MARK A. NA/RN United States Patent 3,140,134 CABINET Mark A. Nairn,981 E. 19th St, Hialeah, Fla. Filed Dec. 21, 1961, Ser. No. 161,049 2Claims. (Cl. 312-204) This invention relates to cabinets; and, moreparticularly, this invention relates to a bathroom medicine cabinet witha hinged door which, in itself, comprises a forward or front shelvedcabinet as Well as a door giving access thereto, and which alsocomprises a closure for a second or rearward shelved cabinet.

In the past, standard bathroom wall cabinets have been provided with asingle shelved closure provided with shelves and adapted to receivenumerous articles falling generally into hygienic and medicalcategories. Because by the nature of things guests often require the useof bathroom facilities, certain more gentle people have at times beenembarrassed since objects which they con-- sider to be personal arereadily displayed to inquisitive eyes. In addition, it is Well knownthat certain medicinal products having poisonous qualities are oftenkept in medicine cabinets, presenting a constant fear and a hazard inthat small children may obtain access thereto.

The present invention contemplates a standard medicine cabinet providedwith a hingedly mounted cabinet which is recessed behind a forwardconventional medicine cabinet and locking means to restrict access tosaid recessed cabinet.

It is, accordingly, an object of this invention to provide a medicinecabinet provided with a hinged door wherein the hinged door serves adual function, that of a forward or front shelved cabinet and, secondly,a hinged door through which access may be made to a closure for a secondor rearward shelved cabinet in which articles of the aforesaid twocategories may be privately and safely stored.

It is another object of this invention to provide a medicine cabinet ofthe type described which is provided with a locking means whereby theforward shelved cabinet may be maintained in locked relation with therearward shelved cabinet, whereby access may not be obtained to therearward shelved cabinet unless the locking means is operated by a keyor other suitable means.

It is also another object of this invention to provide an increased anda novel utilization of the available depth of wall space between thewall partitions of bathrooms by an increase of the depth of the instantdevice in relation to the standard medicine cabinet in the mannerdescribed herein.

It is a general object of this invention to provide a device of the typedescribed hereinbefore whch is strong and durable, of simple andpracticable construction, relatively inexpensive to manufacture, andotherwise Well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

In accordance with these and other objects, it will become apparenthereinafter that the instant invention will now be described withreference to the accompanying drawings illustrating a preferredembodiment therefor.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a pictorial view of a bathroom cabinet which is closed;

FIG. 2 is a pictorial drawing of a bathroom medicine cabinet having thedoor thereof opened; and

FIG. 3 is a pictorial drawing of the front shelved medicine cabinetportion beng opened and illustrating the rear shelved cabinet housedwithin a recess in the wall section.

Referring more particularly to the drawings wherein like referencecharacters designate like or corresponding parts throughout thedifferent views and referring fice particularly to FIG. 1, 11 designatesgenerally a medicine cabinet disposed in a recess 12 in a bathroom scenetypical of those encountered in the ordinary home. Referring to FIG. 3,it will be seen that the medicine cabinet comprises three majorportions, a hinged door 13, a forward shelved cabinet 18 hingedlymounted as at 19, and a rearward shelved cabinet 21. The door 13 of thecabinet is provided with hinge mountings 15 whereby it is adapted to beopened as shown in FIG. 2. The door 13 is provided with an engagingmeans 14 for engagement of a corresponding receiving means 16 of thecabinet for maintaining the door 13 in a normally closed relationtherewith. Disposed on the door 13 and in operable relation with theforward shelved cabinet 18 is a limiting device 17 restraining fullopening of the cabinet door 13. The forward shelved cabinet 18 ismounted to the rearward shelved cabinet 21 by hinged means 19, saidformed shelved cabinet serving as a door which provides access to saidrearward shelved cabinet 21. A locking means 22 is provided on the loweredge 23 of the forward shelved cabinet, and on the lip 24 of therearward shelved cabinet a corresponding portion 26 of the locking meansis provided. The shelved arrangement in the rearward cabinet 21 isadapted to receive a hot water bottle or other devices of similargeometrical arrangement by means of a vertically disposed shelf 27. Itwill be noted that the shelves of the rearward cabinet 27, 23, 29 and 31project outwardly from the rearward wall 32 a sufficient distance todefine a chamber for receiving articles, but not so far that lengthprojecting thereof will be coincident with the projection of the sidewall 33, thereby forming a pocket space for receiving, and nesting theforward shelved cabinet in a fashion such that the wall portion of theforward shelved cabinet designated 36 in a normally abutting relationwith the leading edges 37 of the shelves in the rearward cabinet.

In use, the forward shelved cabinet is used in the same manner as aconventional bathroom cabinet; however, the rearward shelved cabinetprovides a chamber for storing articles falling into the categoriesdescribed here inbefore. The access to the rearward shelved cabinet maybe restricted by use of the locking means.

While the instant invention has been shown and described in order for itto be considered a most practicable embodiment, it is recognized thatdepartures may be made therefrom within the scope of the invention,which is, therefore, not to be limited to the details disclosed herein,but is to be awarded the full scope of the claims so as to embrace anyand all equivalent apparatus and articles.

I claim:

1. In a storage cabinet adapted to be set within a recess in a wall of abuilding, a first vertical back wall and first top, bottom and sidewalls secured to and extending forwardly from the respective edges ofsaid first back wall to form a first forwardly-open parallelepipedalreceptacle, a first flange integral and coplanar with the forward edgesof the top, bottom and side walls of said first receptacle, a secondvertical back wall and second top, bottom and side walls secured to andextending forwardly from the respective edges of said second back Wallto form a second, forwardly-open parallelepipedal receptacle of lesserhorizontal dimension than said first receptacle and sized to fittherewithin, a second fiange integral with and extending continuouslyabout the forward edges of the top, bottom and side walls of said secondreceptacle, a first hinge interconnecting two corresponding verticaledges of said flanges to mount said second receptacle for pivoting abouta first vertical axis, from a first closed positon nested within andclosing and concealing said first receptacle, to a second open positionexposing said first receptacle, a door sized to cover and conceal bothsaid receptacles, a second hinge interconnecting said door at one sideedge thereof with said second flange at the side opposite said firstaxis, and mounting said door for pivoting about a second vertical axis,from a first position over and concealing both said receptacles, to asecond position exposing said second receptacle only, and cooperatinglocking means carried by the forward portions of said first and secondbottom walls, and operable to lock said second receptacle in its saidfirst position nested Within said first receptacle.

2. The cabinet of claim 1, and first and second sets of horizontalshelves mounted in said first and second re- A}, ceptacles,respectively, in vertically-spaced parallel relation.

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1. IN A STORAGE CABINET ADAPTED TO BE SET WITHIN A RECESS IN A WALL OF ABUILDING, A FIRST VERTICAL BACK WALL AND FIRST TOP, BOTTOM AND SIDEWALLS SECURED TO AND EXTENDING FORWARDLY FROM THE RESPECTIVE EDGES OFSAID FIRST BACK WALL TO FORM A FIRST FORWARDLY-OPEN PARALLELEPIPEDALRECEPTACLE, A FIRST FLANGE INTEGRAL AND COPLANAR WITH THE FORWARD EDGESOF THE TOP, BOTTOM AND SIDE WALLS OF SAID FIRST RECEPTACLE, A SECONDVERTICAL BACK WALL AND SECOND TOP, BOTTOM AND SIDE WALLS SECURED TO ANDEXTENDING FORWARDLY FROM THE RESPECTIVE EDGES OF SAID SECOND BACK WALLTO FORM A SECOND, FORWARDLY-OPEN PARALLELEPIPEDAL RECEPTACLE OF LESSERHORIZONTAL DIMENSION THAN SAID FIRST RECEPTACLE AND SIZED TO FITTHEREWITHIN, A SECOND FLANGE INTEGRAL WITH AND EXTENDING CONTINUOUSLYABOUT THE FORWARD EDGES OF THE TOP, BOTTOM AND SIDE WALLS OF SAID SECONDRECEPTACLE, A FIRST HINGE INTERCONNECTING TWO CORRESPONDING VERTICALEDGES OF SAID FLANGES TO MOUNT SAID SECOND RECEPTACLE FOR PIVOTING ABOUTA FIRST VERTICAL AXIS, FROM A FIRST CLOSED POSITION NESTED WITHIN ANDCLOSING AND CONCEALING SAID FIRST RECEPTACLE, TO A SECOND OPEN POSITIONEX-